study (life) skills for students · 2012-12-19 · our guest: mrs. zipora schuck is a school...

Study (Life) Skills for Students

With Zipora Schuck

December 18, 2012

Students

Our Guest:

Mrs. Zipora Schuck is a School Psychologist from Rockland

County, NY. She is dedicated to helping children find success during the school day and beyond, through her work with teachers, principals, parents and children. She holds two masters degrees, one in Special Education and one in School Psychology ,as well as having completed extensive post graduate work in administration.

After working for the NYC Dept. of Education, she assumed the role of Director of the Learning Center at the Beth Rochel School in Monsey, and also founded Pathways Consulting Services LLC, a professional development agency.

© 2012 Hidden Sparks

Consulting Services LLC, a professional development agency. She has served as the permanent educational consultant for many schools in Monsey over the last decade, and presents trainings throughout the country. Mrs. Schuck is an adjunct faculty instructor for Mercy College, teaching in both the Undergraduate and Graduate programs of Special Education and Psychology.

From all her responsibilities, she most enjoys her counseling and coaching sessions with children and teens, giving them the cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional tools they need to succeed in the real world.

Session Goals:

• To list the most common study skills students will need during the school years

• To understand how many of these study skills are in fact life skills and transcend the school years


the school years

• To learn strategies that will help students become more successful students

Overview of the Session

Some children are born students -

organized, diligent and studious.

For others, they’ve seem to fail at

the subject of studying.


We will examine some of the basic skills needed

for students to become more successful learners

and target how some of these school based skills

will be helpful even once they leave the classroom

School is a full time job.

Thinking about your job – what type of preparation needs to get done after hours or at home in order to work successfully?


How long does it generally take?

Where does this work take place?

Student Study Skills

�Time Management

�Organization

�Note Taking

�Studying


�Studying

�Test Taking

�Communication

�Goal Setting

Time Management

� Location, Location, Location

� Alternating Between 2

� Well lit

� Well stocked


� Well stocked

� Not in left field

Time Management

� Using a planner

� Day to day vs. the big event

� To do lists

� Model model model


My child was up the whole night studying!

� Estimation and real time

� Prioritizing

� Study time

� Work time

� Break time


� Break time

Organization

Its about having the right things in the right place at the right time!

� Duplicate books

� Identical Texts


� Identical Texts

� Nightly checks

Organization

� Paper management

� A time to save and a time to throw

� Reference notebook/section


Note taking

� Listening skills as the precursor

� Active listening

� Paraphrasing

� Two column note taking


Note taking

� Abbreviating

� Texting

� Symbols

� How much does that word cost?

� Note taking vs. note making


� Note taking vs. note making

Note making

� Reread

� Color code

� Draw pictures or cartoons

� Title it

� Main idea, people, places, definitions


� Main idea, people, places, definitions

Study skills

� Question the notes

� Just the facts ma'am

� Write a test question


Study skills

� Sort information by category

� Create flashcards

� Frequent small review

� Mnemonics

� Moshe


� Moshe

� Crazy phrases - No fish can ride the bus

Study skills

� Visualize

� Scene two – take one!

� People, location, background, size, smell,

taste, sound, objects, color, texture


Study skills

� Using graphic organizers

� Venn diagrams, flow charts, webs, t-charts


Study skills

� Self talk

� Record it and listen

� Selecting good study partners


Test taking skills

� Content

� Format

� Time pressure


� Time pressure

Test taking skills

� Chill out

� Deep breathing

� Tin soldier vs. wet noodle

� Change the venue


Test taking skills

� Predictions (reality testing)

� Is your child in touch with how his/her

studying impacts his/her performance?


Test taking strategies

� Identify yourself

� Race to the finish before leaving the

starting gate

� Unload

� A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush


� A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Communication

� Personal Space

� Non-verbal language

� Eye contact

� Tone of voice


‘My son did not break the

window’� Give and take

� Climb the ladder

� Identify in writing

� What steps need to be taken to get there

� Reward and reinforce the process

� Celebrate

Goal setting


� Celebrate

Upcoming Hidden Sparks Without Walls

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8:30-9:30pm

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Assessment Report

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For more information visit: www.hiddensparks.org

Tuesday 5/21/13

8:30-9:30pm

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With Karen Kruger

Contacting Hidden Sparks

Contact Hidden Sparks:

www.hiddensparks.org

[email protected]

(212) 767-7707


(212) 767-7707

study (life) skills for students · 2012-12-19 · our guest: mrs. zipora schuck is a school...

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